Years ago I received a bumper sticker, ‘creative people live in messy houses‘. I promptly lost it somewhere in my clutter.
I’ve been absent from cyberspace for a few weeks, using my scant spare time to tackle piles of accumulated stuff. I’m not a shopper, so I can only assume that junk divides and multiplies spontaneously. I grew up in chaos, I don’t like it, hate it really, but it’s a sticky pattern to break.
I was making great progress cleaning out the filing cabinet until my sweater got caught in the paper shredder. While I wait for the smoke to dissipate, I will pour a glass of wine and fill one small box with books. On second thought, to let go of books the whole bottle might be needed.
This is our den. What you don’t see are the thirty, yes thirty, boxes of books Brian already donated. Next week the progress on my office will be revealed!
When was the picture taken? It seems to revert to an older HD style of Brian’s that I quite liked.
It is one of Brian’s earlier grunge photos. I’ve always loved the softness of it.
It is hard to purge books. I hope it’s a good bottle of wine.
Are you going to keep up the bottle-per-box ratio?
Don’t think that would be wise. You’d likely find me at VV buying them all back once I sobered up. I need a clear head. I managed to put one paperback in the box today and a vinyl recording of the Narnian Chronicles. I figure that one is safe since our record player broke eight years ago.
I know how hard it is to let go of books. Before we moved to PEI, I let go of a lifetime of books. It was so difficult, but worth it in the end. Now I share, give away, donate, etc.
I love your artistry and humorous style!
Continued good luck!
So, it’s Thursday and I still only have one book in the box, and a few times I’ve had to resist pulling it out because there is a pretty butterfly on the cover and I might want to draw it.:-)